{"id":1145,"date":"2015-09-25T17:46:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T16:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ikmaak.nl\/eenblog\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2015-09-25T17:46:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T16:46:57","slug":"rad1o-the-cccamp-sdr-badge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikmaak.nl\/eenblog\/2015\/09\/25\/rad1o-the-cccamp-sdr-badge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rad1o, the CCCamp SDR badge"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a nice tradition, some events have given out badges that inspire the visitors to tinker with them, to give everybody a common thing to work on. At the CCCamp 2015 this was the Rad1o<\/a>. This badge is a full Software Defined Radio<\/a> on one board. As everyone present had one, the possibilities for experimentation with this advanced device were large, and there were some events that used the badge, like a beginners workshop and a foxhunt.<\/p>\n

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Picture thanks to Christoph Krichenbauer (CC BY-NC-SA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are a lot of things to learn with this device, from soldering the optional parts<\/a>, getting a casing (thanks FablabTruck<\/a>), uploading firmware, configuration, to animating and more. All that is even without using it for the SDR functions.<\/p>\n

Once you start discovering that part of the device, things like antenna’s, frequencies, modulation and more get into view, and things get really interesting. The install of the software<\/a> can sometimes be a bit tricky, but once you are set-up, lots of information is available on the web, like Michael Ossmann<\/a>‘s introduction course into SDR with a very similar device. Some info from others can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since its initial use during the CCCamp its firmware<\/a> has changed a lot. The stated “current release” was still REV02 from 13th of August though, and no-one was doing an update. That is why I just uploaded a REV03 “Ketchup”<\/a> version of the firmware to the wiki. It is just a build of the current GitHub<\/a> with one change, the change of the REV. Here are the update instructions<\/a>. As this badge will be the current CCC badge for the next four years, it could get a lot of extra features in the next years. I am very interested in seeing this firmware grow better.<\/p>\n

I would like to do a good changelog of the changes since REV02 and have some info from the Git, but I would like your help. If you have more information about what was changed in the Rad1o FW please contact me at the “info” address on this site.<\/p>\n

Also, if you did some cool experiments or had interesting experiences with the board, please let me know.<\/p>\n

I personally have experimented with some antennas, and will do a writeup about this later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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